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Orbex announced Feb. 24 that it has commissioned what it says is Europe’s largest 3D printer to produce rocket engines for its Prime launch vehicle. Credit: Orbex VALETTA, Malta — On the heels of ...

3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics with varying physical ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Oliver Hitchens, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of ...

3D printing is a powerful tool for creating all kinds of stuff, but it has its limits. Hobbyist-focused machines that dispense melted plastic through a nozzle can only make parts that are so strong.

Everybody knows the trick to holding a candle flame to a balloon without it bursting — that of adding a little water before the air to absorb the heat from the relatively cool flame. So [Integza], in ...

The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating the tops of any trees that are unfortunate enough to neighbor testing sites.

New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has built a rocket engine that's not only 3D-printed -- it uses electric motors to drive the turbopumps. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

The promise of 3D printing in automotive applications is clear for all to see, but it still takes clever engineering to get the most out of the futuristic process. It likely won’t come as a surprise ...

If you own a resin 3D printer you might be interested in a new Kickstarter project launch this month for the Kirin. A 4K light engine specifically designed to help enhance your 3D printing workflow ...

A teenager turning a few hundred dollars of savings and a desktop 3D printer into a six-figure ecommerce engine is not a fluke, it is a blueprint. By treating a school project like a real company, ...